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Revolution. The museum is in charge of Rev. W. Herbert Burk, 

 whose address is All Saints Rectory, Norristown, Pa. 



It is intended to illustrate the periods of American history, and 

 is used by the public schools of the vicinity. It occupies one room of 

 Patriots' Hall, the erection of which was begun in 1908, and is sup- 

 ported by voluntary contributions amounting to $523 in the first year, 

 by an income of $18.75 from endowment, and by entrance fees which 

 have amounted to $139.50 between September i, 1909, and May i, 

 1910. It is open to the public on week-days from 8 to 5, the admission 

 fee being 10 cents. 



WASHINGTON: 



WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE. 



The president reports that the college maintains a museum com- 

 prising 800 ethnological specimens, 500 species of plants, 2500 

 minerals, several hundred fossils, and 2000 zoological specimens. 

 These collections occupy about 2300 square feet of floor space, and are 

 in charge of the professor of biology. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society maintains a library and museum for the preservation 

 of material illustrating the history of southwestern Pennsylvania. 



WEST CHESTER: 



CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society receives $200 a year from the county, and maintains 

 a collection of articles of local historical interest which is open free to 

 the public from 9 to 6. The museum is in charge of Justin E. Harlan 

 and Alice Cochran, curators. 



WEST CHESTER STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 



This school maintains a small collection of shells, minerals, and 

 paintings; an Indian collection; and a large collection of animal horns. 



WILKES-BARRE: 



WYOMING HISTORICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 Museum. 



STAFF. The museum is in charge of the librarian, Horace Edwin 

 Hayden. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. An unusually fine collection of 25,000 Indian 

 relics of the highest quality, chiefly from the watersheds of the Susque- 

 hanna River; the A. F. Berlin collection of 2700 pieces, containing 



